Wire-wheel-truing stand



'H. A. HOUSE, JM A wlmi WHEEL mums sTANm 'AEPLxcATiQN FILED kocTJaf. 191s.

1,357,056; y Patented 001;. 26,1920.

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IIIHIIIIHIl' f H. A. HOUSE, JR. Y wmE WHEEL TRULNG STAND.` VAPPLICATION FiLED 0CT.31i |916. I

' 4 SHEETS-SHEET 2f f M 43 N ff" if' 4A 'AHI. A. HOUSE, 1R'. WIRE-WHEELTRUING STAND.` n l, l 'APPLICATIQN lFILED ocr. 31. 1.916. l n y r1 ,$57,056. Y Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

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- N-vanToR H.,A. HOUSE, 1R., n `W|B'E WHEEL TRUING STAND.

-APPLlCATlON IfILED OCT. 31, l`96.

Patented oct. 26 1920.

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To all whom t may concern.'

' relative to the plane of the rim.

UNITED tSTATES PATENT OFFICE,

HENRY A. 'HOUSE JR., or BUFFALO; NEW YORK, AssIGNOR -TO WIRE WHEEL CORPO- RATION or AMERICA, or NEW YORK, N..Y., A CORPORATION WIREWHEELTRUING STAND.

OF NEW YORK.

Patented oct. 26, 1920.

Application filed October 31, 1916. Serial No. 128,802.

Be it known that I, HENRY I-IoUsE, Jr., a. citizen of the United States, resi-ding' at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vire-WheelI`ruing of the said invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which 1t appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

and to g'ures of referencevmarked thereon, which form part of this specification.

Like figures; of reference, refer t0 `like parts. This' invention relates to wire wheel truing stands used in-shaping up and truing assembled wheels. i

One object of this invention is to provide means for truing the rim of a wheel to as near a circular form as is possible, and to hold the rim in this circular form, concentric to the hub, while tensioning` the spokes.

Another Object is to have the stand-adapted to hold the hub in any desired Another object is to have the stand adapted to forcibly change the hubposition 'rela- 'y retain the forced tive to the plane of the hub, -in connection with tensioning the spokes.'

Another object is to provide manually operable means for exertinga forceful movement of the parts of the stand and to positioning of the parts in action. l v

Another Object is to provide adjustments tothe parts to make the stand readily adaptable tothe various sizes and shapes of wire wheels. l I

Another object is to provide supporting means for the, rim on the stand to free the ohime'of the rim. 'i To these and other yends my invention consists in means for carrying out these ends,"

one embodiment ofsaid invention being hereinafter described' and illustrated in the drawings. The operation is explained and what I claim is set forth.

In ,the drawings, i Figure 1, -is' an elevation, partly in section of a truing stand embodying my in vention, showing a wheelqsupported thereon. Fig. 2, is a perspective View of the said stand, omitting the top, and showing the position foot levers for operating the centering deupon. Stands; andI do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description spoke. lacing type positioned upon the head tof the stan Fig. 6, shows a wheel of the triple crossed spoke lacing type positioned upon the head 4 of the stand. y

Fig. 7, shows a wheel of the quadruple crossed spoke lacing type positioned upon the head'of the stand.

Fig. 8, shows a wheel of the triple crossed spoke lacing type positioned upon the head of the stand.

The columnl is rotatably mounted uponthe base 2, by means of the ballbearing 3, and to the upper part of the colum 1 is .screwed the top 4, having radial arms 5, 5,

Connected by the ring 6. Journaled in the outer Vend of each arm 5, and fulcrumed thereto, is` the lever 7, to the upper end of of which is journaled at l1, to a sleeve 12,

which vis in slidingengagement with the column 1. Alsopivoted to the sleeve 12, at 13, are two links 14, On opposite sides of the column 1. To the lower end of eachof the links 14, i's pivoted a foot lever 15, which is fulcrumed on the pin 16, in the outer end of the arm 17, the arm 17 being integral with the column 1. AStop-screws 1S, 18, passing Athrough lugs 19, 19 integral with the column 1, serve to limit the downward passage of the sleeve 12.

vThe dotted position of the parts, 7, 8, 10, 12, 20`and 15, is that taken when the .foot lever 15 has been pressed down far enough for the sleeve `12 to strike the stop-screws 18 and las shown is a position wherein the links 10 are inclined vslightly 'downward toward the axis of the sleeve 12. The outer `pivot centers of the links 10, being above a orizontal plane passinv through the inner pivot centers of these Flinks 10, a. slightly downward force is exerted upon the sleeve 412, by the springs 20, so that the sleeve 12 is held aga-inst the stop Iscrews. 18 by a force rim 26 of the wheel vto be trued. In Aorder to accommodate rims of diiferent diameters the supports 21v can be radially adjusted relative to the distance from the axis of the column 1, according as the pin 22 projecting from the bottom of each support is positioned in the l,circular-rows of holes 23, 24 and 25. It will be understood, of course, that all the supports mustbe positioned in the same row of holes. Passing up through the center of the column 1, is a posit 27, at the upper end of which is mount-d a hub support 28, adapted to concentrically position a hub shell 29 with respect to the aXis of the post 27 and the rim 26. The hub support 28 is held onto the upper end of the post 27, by means of the nut 30, and the washer 31. In threaded engagementA with the hub support 28 is shown the nut 32, having a flange 33, and a smaller flange 34. Engaging the smaller flange 34, are segments 35 of a split-ring, inwardly pressed by a spiral spring 36. The inner ends of tlie'segme'nts 35 engage the upper conical end of/tlie hub support 28, and the interior conical surface of thejhub-sliell 29, thus centering the hub shell'29 at its upper end upon the hub support 28. Fig. 4 shows these parts on airenlarged scale. rIliehub shell,

support and holding nut device are similar to those shown in my (zo-pending application, filed February 10, 1916, bearing the Serial Number 77,441. The lower part of the hub shell 29 is centered by the flange 37, of the hub support 28. Connecting the rim 26 with the upper part of the hub shell 29, is

' the set of spokes 38, upwardly inclined toward the hub shell 29. The lower part of the liub shell 29, is connected with the rim 26, by the set of spokes 39, which areidownwardly inclined toward 4the axis ofthe hub shell 29. The post 27 is supported upon a spring 40, in the bottom end of the column 1. Passing transversely through the post 27, and slots 41 in the column 1, is a crossbeam 41, to the' outer ends ofwhich are pivoted links 42. To the lower ends of the links 42, is pivoted the foot ,lever 43, which is fulcrumed at 44 on the column 1. A stop- .pin 45 is adjustably positioned in an arm 43A projecting from and integral with the lever 43to engage a stop 46 upon the Vcolumn 1.

\Theupward movement of the post 27, is limited byA the engagement of the cross-beam41 with the stop-pins 47,' on the lugs 48, being integral with the column 1. The dotted-position of the hub-shell 29, spokes 38, 39, foot lever 43, and links 42,L is that takenby these parts, when the foot lever 43`is forced down- Aouter edge of the rim and the set 39 from the inner end Aof the hub shell to the inner edge of the riin. Fig. 5 `also showsa wheel of the double spoke type but in'this wheel Vthe set A extends from the inner end of the hubA shell `to the outer edge of the rim and the set B from the outer end of the hub shell to the inner edge of the rim. Figs. 6 and 8 show wheels having two types of triple spoke lacing which 'differ merely in the arrangement-of4 the set B, that set in Fig. 6, extending from the outer end 0f the hub shell to the outer edge of the rim and in Fig. 8 from the outer end of the hub: shell to the inner edge of the' rim. In both these wheels the set A extends from the inner end of the hub shell to the outer edge of the rim and the set C extends'from the inner end of the hub shell to the inner edge of the rim. Fig. 7

shows a wheel having the quadruple spoke lacing the sets A and B from the outer end of the hub shell to the inner and outer edges respectively'of the rim and the sets C and D extending from the inner and outer edges respectively of the rim.l The lacings shown in Figs. 5, 7 and 8 are referred crossed spoke type. n

-The operation of the truing stand lwill now be described. Y M Y A loosely assembled wheel is positioned on top thereof, having the hubshell 29, resting upon the hub support 28.v The nut 32 is screwed down until the ring segments 35 are caused to move outward, and downward, and engage the inner conical upper end of the hub shell 29, fixing the said hub shell upon its support 28. Tliepost 27 is forced upward by the 'spring 40, causing the cross-beam 41toengage the stop-pins 47, limiting the upward position of the post 27, andhub support 28; this position is adjustable to any' fixed point by adjusting the pins 47 on the lugs 48. The. rim 2G, is allowed to rest upon tlieplu'rality of supports 21, which have been previously adjusted radially to catch the shoulder of the rim 26,

stand is adaptedto` operate on to as of and' relieve the chime 26A of supporting con- V tact with any part of'l the top. The foot lever 15, is next forcibly pressed downward Kpulling down the sleeve l2, and causing'the 18, passing through-the lugs 19,5the down-v Vward position of thev foot lever 15 being lo i bythe position of the links 10,

ably equally,

43 is pushed down intothe dotted position 431-" ""s'hown, causing the link 4&2 to be so positioned position, concentric to the axes of the post marked a.

The spokes 39 are lnext tensioned, prefer and thereafter the foot lever as to have its axes pass beyond the pivot @enter 44, thereby locking the post 27 in a downward position against the strained ten- 29 to assume a s ion of' the spokes 39;: the downward posi- 'tion ofthe footlever43 'isadjustably fixed by the -stop screw. '45', which engages the stop 46. The spokes 38 are next equally tensioned and thereafter the f ootlever 4 3 is released, Vallowing the spokes39 to partially relax, at `the same time increasingthe strain 38, the hub shell ,isfnextreleased and the nut 32 'is unscrewed tofV permit` thering segments o collapsegfnward Vfor freeing the. hub

g. theV finished Wheel oli' from the stand Fig. 1,-but the standjs adapted for the truing .and tensioningffwheels, having different other'sets `completes the wheel. Y The spokes of the hub (such elined Avinward' toward wherein one set is in'- kindsof spoke lacing,

Vthe inside of the wheel,o r is located iii-"a pendicular `toxthe axis, fand one or more connected to theinner end as those connected with the -hub 29, marked 39) are eitherA horizontal or inclined downward toward'the axis of the wheel, when the if wheelis'placedin'the position'shown inthe1 I figures The -stand canv be turned to 'desired position'in front of the operator by revolving it on itsball-'beai'ing 3. f

Having described my invention in connection with one embodiment only,A what I claim and desire to cover is as follows:

In atruing stand, a basea standard, a. top' on said standard, means for centering a hub on said top, means acting independently centering and holding a rim concentric with said hub, and means for moving the ^hub in` the Vdirection -of itsaxis to strain oneormore'sets of spokes, between rim'may rest, a support jcertain position .relative to thel plane of the rim 26. The foot lever 15` the hub support 28, when takalong t radial plane persaid hub 'onsaid top,

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said riimheld in afixed said standard, means for centeringa hub on said top, means acting independently 'of Vsaid top forv .centering andl holding va rim concentricV with said `hub, vand means for moving the hub in the direction of its axis -to strain one or moresets of spokes,'between the As'aid hub and the said rim, held lin lixedposition.

3. In a truing stand, a ring on which a Lor a hub concentric with the rim, and means acting inde pendently ofsaid' ring .for engaging the outer edgeof the rim to ress it. into circular form around the hu and means for `moving the hub and its supportaxiallyto increase 'thetension of certain of the Spokes. 80

4L In a truing stand, a base, a standard, a top on said standard, means for centering a hub on said top, means for centering and holding a rim on said top concentric with saidV hub, during said hub on said to and means for pressing said rim inwardly into circular form while centered with respect to Vsaid hub on said top, said last named means including a plurality of inwardly movable members.

5. In a truing stand, a base, a standard, a top on said standard, a centrally located vertical post adapted for reciprocation within said standard, a support on said post adapted.; to receive a hub inthe vicinity of said to means for reciprocating said 'post eline of its-axis, meansfor limiting' the -movement of said post in either direction,. and means for centrally locating'a rim on said top on'said support. I

6'. In a truing stand, a base, a standard, a top on'said base, means for centering and holding a hub on Ysaid top concentric with saidhub, during the means :for pressing said rim inwardlyinto circular form while centering said rim with respect to said hub on said top, said last mentioned means com- -lprising contact said rim and to form thereof, and..togglejoint means adapted by a vertical movement said rim into-circularform. .Buifalo, N. Y., October :30, 1916.

A HENRY A. HOUSE, JR;

to radially force the centered position of 8`5 with Vrespect to a hub held centered position of a plurality of devices adapted to be adjustably posi. tioned with respect to causing the circular 

